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Fatality inquiry into Alberta boxer's knockout death recommends better oversight
EDMONTON - The judge leading a fatality inquiry into the knockout death of a boxer is recommending changes to how the sport is regulated and how head injuries are monitored. Timothy Hague, who was 34,...
Nov 05, 2024
Quebec schools want exemption from foreign student cap, but minister unmoved
MONTREAL - Quebec universities and public colleges say they should be exempt from the government's plan to reduce the number of international students in the province, but the immigration minister say...
Nov 05, 2024
Gushue tops Carruthers in opening draw at Grand Slam of Curling's Co-op Canadian Open
NISKU, Alta. - Brad Gushue defeated Reid Carruthers 6-1 on Tuesday morning in a matchup of Canadian skips at the Co-op Canadian Open. Gushue, from St. John's, N.L., scored three in the sixth end for t...
Nov 05, 2024
Calgary rider Alex Volstad joins EF-Oatly-Cannondale pro cycling team
Calgary teenager Alex Volstad, a two-time Canadian junior road race champion, is joining the EF-Oatly-Cannondale cycling team next season. Volstad, 18, joins fellow Canadian Alison Jackson (Vermilion,...
Nov 05, 2024
Women charged with impaired driving after hitting same parked car on Central Street East
PRINCE GEORGE - Two women have been charged with impaired driving following a incident last week on the 1600-block of Central Street East. Prince George RCMP say it occurred at 12 p.m. on October 29, ...
Nov 05, 2024
Lights back on for almost all BC Hydro customers who lost power in strong winds
British Columbia's Crown utility says crews have restored power to 95 per cent of some 290,000 businesses and homes that were in the dark at some point Monday as strong winds battered coastal areas an...
Nov 05, 2024
Business groups say B.C. port stoppage will hurt companies, Canadian economy
Business groups say the work stoppage at B.C. ports is the latest in a run of supply chain disruptions affecting Canadian companies and the country's economy. Employers at most of the province's ports...
Nov 05, 2024
Preparation for next president started months ago, Trudeau's cabinet says
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says the Trudeau government is in a better position to manage trade negotiations with the next American president than it was the last time it signed a de...
Nov 05, 2024
Eleven-year-old boy struck and killed by truck in Montreal
MONTREAL - An 11-year-old boy died after he was hit by a truck Monday evening in Montreal's Plateau-Mont-Royal borough. Police say they received numerous calls at around 7:30 p.m. about the collision ...
Nov 05, 2024
Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews out day-to-day with upper-body injury
TORONTO - Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews will miss Tuesday's game against the Boston Bruins with an upper-body injury. The Toronto centre, who's listed as day-to-day, has five goals and 11 points...
Nov 05, 2024